Drop Flower Chocolate Cake

My mother in laws birthday was yesterday, so I decided to whip her up a quick cake. She is on a gluten-free diet and (thanks to Betty Crocker) I was able to make her one!

I know she loves chocolate, so I made a devils food cake, with PB/chocolate filling and chocolate frosting. I used a 6in pan, and did three layers to achieve the height that I wanted. 

Those kind of cakes, though absolutely delicious, are not always the prettiest. So, to make it a little more special I started to added some royal icing drop flowers (that had been sprayed with a pearl glitter spray)....

...lots of them! Allowing them to cascade over the sides.

 I also added some green leaves...

....a chocolate pearl border...

...and a happy birthday message on the cardboard.

It was absolutely delicious! I was super impressed with the Betty Crocker gluten-free cake mix! It's awesome! Yay for finally allowing many people to make yummy cakes at home again! Love them for that!!! 

I was really happy with the end result (and so was my MIL)! It looked gorgeous and tasted even better. And didn't take me any time at all! Gotta love the easy, show stopping cakes! :) 

Black & White Damask Cupcakes

My friend was having a baby shower for her (upcoming) baby girl. She asked if I could make some cupcakes for it and, of course, I jumped at the opportunity. 

The colors/theme for her party was black, white, hot pink, and a damask pattern. I was lucky enough to find this amazing damask cupcake stand and hot pink foil cupcake papers. PERFECT for the theme of the party!!! 

I also made some bow toppers out of candy melts (in black and white) and sprayed them with a pearl color mist. They turned out well. 

I made 12 vanilla cupcakes...

And 12 chocolate...

Then placed the black bow on the vanilla cupcakes...

And the white bows on the chocolate cupcakes...

Then, when I got to the party, I arranged them on the damask cupcake stand. Trying my hardest not to smear black/white frosting on the wrong cupcake :) 

But I am very happy with the final product! The whole stand looks great!

Gluten-free, Sugar-free Chocolate cupcakes

In an attempt to make a yummy treat for my in-laws I discovered a new gluten and sugar free cupcake recipe. They taste okay, not great but just okay. Absolutely need to perfect my recipe but for a first attempt they are pretty great. I also got to use the hearts and flowers I made last night.

The flourless dough:

Baked cupcakes actually looked better than I expected:

I whipped up some SugarFree vanilla buttercream to go ontop:

 

I topped the cupcakes with the buttercream and added the toppers I had made a few nights before (http://sherilynncakes.blogspot.com/2013/02/hearts-flowers.html) 

For Sugar Free and Gluten Free cupcakes...they look pretty cute! Haha! :)